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    What is Star Wars Supposed to Be?

    While I am aware that this was a sarcastic response. I personally thought of the original trilogy as a series of Fantasy films with a Science Fiction coat of paint (with the force being a proxy for magic etc). Whereas the prequel trilogy attempted to reinforce the science fiction focus through...
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    Poll: Public displays of affection

    Nothing wrong with it at all, hugs and kisses between couples in public spaces are fine with me, and are completely natural, providing it does not go to far towards the the touch and feel side of these things. The only time I would dissuade people taking part in PDAs would only be if it is...
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    Poll: Should Writer/Creators feel shame for Sexualization?

    Creators should be concerned with creating stronger characters as a whole. Flat characters who only exist to be sex objects or back ground dressing are the result lazy writing and mindless audience pandering. Likewise if a character is properly developed and the subject matter is handled...
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    Your most anticipated game(s) at the moment.

    SUPER SMASH BROS. and Poke'mon ORAS, as I'm still yet to purchase a next generation console and I still have a backlog of games that I should probably complete first. So handheld games all the way until that time! So Persona 5 is still down as a PS3 release? I thought they had changed their...
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    Poll: Happy Wars (XBLA): The Escapist's thoughts and opinions

    (Perhaps this may have been more suitable under the review section but whatever) I would now imagine that most Escapists who own a 360 have heard of the new 'Free to play MMO/RPGesque' game on the XBLA if not already played it and this topic was just to see what the wider opinion was. The...
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    Mass Effect 3's Ending Was Intended To Polarize

    This situation is reminding me of another immensely popular game that had a very similar on-disk ending... of which had an immensely popular add on DLC that continued where the on-disk ending left off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MzB_aeBtWc
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    Poll: Be honest, do you actually treat girl gamers the same online? (Minor update)

    An opponent is an opponent and an ally is an ally regardless of whether they have a Y chromosome or not.
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    You now ARE the last thing you killed in a video game.

    I'm now Shadow Kanji. Terrific...
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    Poll: Would you consider this cheating?

    Definition of cheating: To act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage. In the example the player employed robots to help him/her gain a numerical superiority, this makes it much harder for the other players but gives him/her a significant advantage which can be viewed as unfair...
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    Poll: Do you watch anime and/or read manga?

    An odd question to ask but fair enough. I have read manga, watched the odd anime and have occasionally followed a series to its conclusion; but I am not particularly invested in either of them at all. This was largely down to my friend who was a Japan-o-phile without shame, who needless to say...
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    Poll: Here, Have a Pikachu

    Aye from what I can remember the manga was much darker so I'm not to surprised, but if there is only one Pikachu I guess I would train him/her so that they were healthy and able to battle if need be. In general though he/she would just be my little electric buddy who I travel around with.
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    Poll: Here, Have a Pikachu

    If the world was now filled with pokemon then I would begin building a team of stronger Poke's but with Pikachu as the lead. It's a rounded Pokemon, very agile, by no means the best but good enough for the one-on-one trainer battles while avoiding causing damage to public property and the local...
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    Why isn't a gun considered an elegant weapon?

    It's all in the history. Compare the history and war stories from that of the medieval period (pre-gun), to the 18th-19th (the transition) century conflicts and last but not least the wars in the 20th century(swords becoming obsolete in warfare etc) and what you see is war and conflict...
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    Other than gaming what are you hobbies?

    Mountain walking, sword fighting, various exercises, I GM several Role-plays at university and at home, I've written a number of essays on varying subject matters (written some reviews on rare occasions), Reading, Researching, the list goes on...